Daily Learning Target(s): By the end of class, students will be able to...

  • analyze text as evidenced by reading, discussion and annotations.

Due Today:

  • None

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  • Due Block Day 8/24-25: Mini Research Paper #1 Printed in MLA Format
  • Due Block Day 8/24-25: RP#1 CH 2 p.29-33 (Must be printed out or hand written in MLA)
  • Due Block Day 8/24/25: GLU CH 2 Vocabulary p.29-44
  • Due Fri 8/26: GLU CH 2 Annotations

Important Deadlines/Reminders:

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1. GLU CH 2 Read and Annotate to identify the following:
  • p. 29-30 mood, author's purpose
  • p. 30: similes, characterization and what they mean/show
  • p. 31: euphemism, idioms and what they mean, author's purpose
  • p. 32: effects of stepfather's drinking, claim
  • p. 33: shift in tone, what is the effect, logos and its claim
  • p. 34-35: note how author uses punctuation and its effect
  • p. 35-36: rhetorical device used to describe NY and author's purpose
  • p.37: idiom, comparison, and sensory details/imagery and what each shows (author's purpose)
  • p.38: comparison to show...,
  • p. 39: logos, what it shows (author's purpose)
  • p.40: author's claim
  • p.41: appeals and what they show
  • p.42: logos appeal and what it shows
  • p. 43: idiom, author's purpose
2. Write your rhetorical precis:
  • RP #1 CH 2 p. 29- 33
  • RP #2 CH 2 p. 34 "Summer 1997"- p. 41 end of section